[07] move along, move along just to make it through

[judicialassistant]

Who: Susato and anyone
Which: Open catch-all log for September + network option
Where: The Wild Harvest garden, but open to other locations.
What: Yujin Mikotoba has left Songerein.
Warnings: Will add if needed.

🌸 A. an apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Sender: Susato Mikotoba
To: Everyone
Subject: Reverein's clinic

[ It's short, and to the point. Susato doesn't use the journal often to broadcast like this, but now that she is, she feels it prudent to be as direct as possible. ]

To whom it may concern:

For the past couple weeks, the Reverein communal clinic has been without a proper doctor to run it. If you are in need of aid, please be patient, as the volunteers are doing the very best they can.

If you have medical experience and would like to help, please let me know. Thank you.

Regards,
Susato Mikotoba

🌸 B. move along, move along, like i know you do.

[ Within the garden of the Wild Harvest, among the faint hissing of snakes and the lull of the waterfalls, Susato closes her journal and tucks away her pen. She takes a deep breath as she moves to stand from her favorite bench, and she walks with purpose into an area littered with stars that look like stepping stones upon the ground.

For a moment, she stops and simply stares. There it is. A blank star, waiting for a name. Perhaps it appeared some time ago. Perhaps she simply ignored it, but after digesting recent events, she has no time to wallow in the remaining stages of grief. He's not even dead, but she wonders if that doesn't make things worse.

Either way, she doesn't even need a pen. She slowly bends down, spending another moment feeling the rough surface of the starfish with her hand before she commits with her pointer finger.

The strokes appear in a glow, and the end result looks engraved. ]

御琴羽 悠仁

🌸 C. wild card.

[ If neither of these fit! ]

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Comments

[roseofmay]

[Beatrix is careful not to respond immediately. It’s another question she doesn’t know how to answer. She doesn’t know if Dohalim is capable of that. She’s already admitted that she can’t protect him. Why would he even want her to at this point? It just seems like a poor idea to try penetrating that conversation with him.

Her head tips.]

Unsure. That is not his responsibility. It is not anyone else’s save mine. Oriphi has asked me to teach her how to use a sword, so perhaps it will be her desire to protect others that would make me do so out of necessity.

[Dreamscapes, in hindsight, will do the same. If she has to guard others, she will do so.]

[judicialassistant]

[ She hadn't meant to imply that it was his responsibility, though what she gets is interesting. Oddly enough, a similar topic had come up between herself and Kazuma, and there's been talk of using wooden swords to start. Maybe sometime soon, it would be time to breach the topic again. ]

I see. Well, I look forward to the day when you are able to wear them proudly once more.

My best wishes to you and Ori in your training.

[roseofmay]

I… yes. Of course.

[Susato is… Beatrix doesn’t know how to put it. In truth, perhaps she feels a bit ashamed. They are very, very different individuals. Beatrix has to wonder that if she had been born a different woman into a different family with different circumstances, if she might have been half as endearing as Susato is. It’s a shame that she has become this woman that she is today. It is a shame that her experiences have turned her into who and what she is.

But through that, she fosters a great admiration for her current companion. She would like to make Susato proud of her. Perhaps that is just one reason of many that she needs to piece herself together and fix things as she’s able.]

I would not like to disappoint you. I suppose I have need to do my utmost. I have no doubt you have your own protectors, but it would be good if you felt that you could rely on me. That is something I have need to earn.

[judicialassistant]

...I feel I already can. I think I speak for both Tifa and I when I say that we can both count on you. [ After all, would she have asked her to be a bridesmaid if she couldn't? ]

But the fact that you wish to earn it is...

[ She thinks back on the woman she would have seen in Beatrix's dream. The woman who committed unforgivable acts, and who was apparently given a second chance here, with all of them. ]

Well, that feels like growth to me.

[roseofmay]

[...

Susato is probably too kind. In Beatrix's opinion, that is. But Beatrix is far more inclined to be harder on herself than others would be. That's just how she is. It's how she's always been.

Her head tilts thoughtfully and she bites back the temptation to argue or find a way to refute the kindness. Growth. Yes. Perhaps. Dohalim would likely agree with the statement.]

I have always wanted to do what I believed to be the right or the just thing to do. How I conduct myself and the place I want to be when it comes to those I would consider close, the same holds true. Protecting you. Protecting others. That is not a right. It is a privilege.